Jo Luck is an American and former CEO of Heifer International. She was recognized with a World Food Prize in 2010.[1]
Luck attended Hendrix College and earned a degree at David Lipscomb College. She also attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and Harvard Business School's Executive Education Program.[2]
She joined Heifer International in 1989, serving as director of International Programs from 1989 to 1992 and president from 1992 to July 2011.[citation needed] From 1979-1989, she served as director of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. She served as a presidential appointee on the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD),[3] the Farm Foundation’s Dialogue on Food and Agriculture for the 21st Century Steering Committee,[4] and the DuPont Advisory Committee on Agriculture Innovation and Productivity,[5] and as chair of the Program Oversight Panel for CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research) Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems associated with the World Fish Center.[6]
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